Detachable heel for boots, shoes, clogs, and the like footwear



. 1,639,433 Aug. 16, 1927- HUTCHlSO DETAOHABLE HEEL FOR BOOTS, SHOES, CLOGS, AND THE LIKE FOOTWEAR Filed Aug 28. 1925 Patented Aug, 16, 1927.

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FRANoIs ALEXANDER immerses or wmtrmsae rtnx; Enemies.

DETACHABITE HEEL FOR noo'rsfsnons';cLodsfAitn "Li-1m" Fbomwsm Application fild hugu'st e g- 1925, seriai N6. -53j8fank1 m ereav-Bri'tani December 12; 1924';

heels of=boots shoes an d th like footwear,

comprising two plates- 0f metal or other shitableimaterialg slidingly interlocking,Bone of wh-ibh is secured to" the permanent heel and the" otherto-tlie ad er -wearing piecei 10 the tota'l abolition of he'el rep air "as now neces fy; Secondly? to rovide means-for rivets, sp1ke's',"or-thelike, which'plat-e being connecting wearing-pieces only, to -th'e'=bot--= shape-d 'to' th'e bottom-ofthe 'heel', has its toin 'of'i t'he perrnanent heels of footwear, {independentflofand? distinct from the "heels themselves: thirdly, to proyide mean's where by we'a ring pie'ces "may be 'easily discarded when worn, and with the minimum of labour be instantly replaced by "new in the form of'-*r'efills foiirthly, -to I provide a useful; cheap and eflicient combinationwhereby the permanent heelsof' boots and "shoes are P proteeted-frim wear or damage fifthl-y} to provide means Wherebywearing-pieces separate ifro m the heelsfcan be attached to the heels=;- to-"-provid'e-* means whereb heels of any'shape may be fitted with d tachable; inter=changeable and renewable H wearing pieces:

illustrated ih the a-ceompanying dmwingin Whi'c'h"'--' Y turned upper =-plat e1 t Figure" 2 Show upper-side of the sliding iower plat ure" 3; a cross section6f -the turned upper plates-at the line A A, 'witlfpart locking deviceiaFig'urefl, a-cros's-section'of rhesus-* Slide into the channel 4, provided on the ino'ilowe'r plate at the 'l'ine BB,' 'Witllf "p'ai fi loc ting"devieeFFigfire' 5,1 is longitudinal section Y showing the "sliding lower plate' 'par I tially inserted into the channel on t he turneu upper "plateg with locking-fieviceg' 'at the lines C-C and DD. (Enlarged scale't'o' show The objects of my invention are, firstly,

"I att'ain these objects"by-the novel com: bination of the *devices and wearing-piece as F shape as the plate just described, (for ide'n-j tificatio'n purposes calledfthe' sliding,lower platefi is kept perfectly flat "within the'di mens'ions of the'lieelfsaveas to oneor more also 'showing the" front" enclosing i flange and securing *tag, on thefroht edge of the sliding-lowerplate; Figure 8," is an under neat h yiew, (assuming: ithe turned upper plate to'- be attached'to' the'bottom 'of the heel) showing f the method adopted for" French or f other specially shaped heels, with sliding dowel plate partially inserted.

The plate "1, ca'lled'forfidentificationjpur poses the turned'-,"upper-plate) is attached to the bottom er the, origin i- 'heel' of the boot; shoe, 'clog or the like, by screws, "nails,

edges turi'i'e'd downwards and then inwards towards thec'en'tre of-the'plate, as' 'shown' or dia wlngFlgsl 3 an'cl'5, thus forming a horithe outer edges on the underneath side when-the plate is fixedfsaveonlyas to the edge opposite or towards the instep arch of the bout: or shoe,- as sho'w'n on" drawing Figs;

towards the instep arch of the boot'Iremainsliat and ungroov'ed' as aforesaid; A. second platet, of the same superficial" small 'indentations,'7 and'16, and "9 and 17 hereinafter described; and" of slightly I smaller general "dimensions so that it may turned upper'plate and'fexac'tly fit into sani'e, theslid inglower'plateB, is constructed with a tur'ned edge8, outside thedi- 1E mensions of the heel towards the instep arch, so as to entirely close over against the line 14, at Which the lower face of the turned upper plate 1, and the upper face of the sliding lower plate 6, lie tightly and flatly the one against the other as shown on drawingl, Figs. 5, 6 and 7.

0 prevent the possibility of any move ment of the sliding lower plate 6, both this plate and the turned upper plate 1, is in- All dented at some suitable position, preferably near the edges towards the instep arch. These indentations 7 and 16, and 9 and 17, being in exactly the same position on each of the plates 1 and 6, and being stamped and worked up the same way, slip one into the other and so form a lock, as will be seen from drawing Figs. 5 and 6. These indentations may be of varying number, shape and size, and be placed in any positions on the plates as may be most effective and when placed from the front towards the back of the heel, the back port-ion slopes to the level of the plates as more particularly shown on drawing Fig. 6,9 and 17. This permits of the edges of the sliding lower plate 6, being easily inserted into the channel 1, and with a little pressure forced home.

The sliding lower plate 6, may also be constructed with a tag or turned up piece 10, at the extreme edge towards the instep arch, either the whole length of such edge or a part only, and drilled to permit of its being screwed, nailed or otherwise secured to the heel to prevent the possibility of the plate moving, as shown on drawing Figs. 5, and 7 ,10.

Now, to the sliding lower plate 6, is secured by riveting, nailing, screwing, adhesive solution or other method, the leather, rubber or other material 12, intended to be the wearing surface of the heel, this material being so fixed and shaped to permit of' the edges of the plate 6, being slipped lnto the channel 4, provided on the turned upper plate 1, as shown on drawing, Figs' 3, 5, 6 and 8,- .1.

The passing of the sliding lower plate 6, into the channel 4, on the turned upper plate 1, combined with one or more of the locking devices, 7 and 16, 9 and 17 and 10, already referred to, makes the heel 15,the plates 1 and 6, and the wearing-piece 12, a uniform whole, as shown on drawing, Fig.1? and provides a means of easily and quickly removing a worn wearing-piece 12, and renewing the same.' 7

The sliding lower plates being made in uniform sizes with the turned upper plates, can be interchanged from one turned upper plate to another. I

The shapes of the plates 1 and6, are varied slightly for fitting special heels, such for instance as those known as French heels,

as shewn on drawing, Fig. 8. The turned upper plate 1, is exactly similarly constructed, but the channel 1, is partially filled on either side 13, to permit the sliding lower plate 6, being pressed home to the full extent of the channel 1, without there being any sideway movement, as shewn on drawing, Fig. 8.

The plates referred to in this specification may be so constructed to cover the whole of the bottom of the heel, or a part thereof only, or each or either of them may wholly or partially cover the bottom of the heel. Although for the purposes of clearly demonstrating the invention described in this specification, the turned upper or channelled plate is described as being attached to the heel of the boot or shoe, and the sliding lower plate with wearing-piece attached as being inserted therein, it should be clearly understood that either of the said plates may be attached to the heel or the wearing-piece, and when the channelled plate is attached to the wearing-piece, the channel is slipped over the edge of the other plate attached to the heel.

I claim 1. The combination of two plates of metal or other suitable material, and a heel-wearing-piece only, of wearable substance, one of the said plateshaving a rectangular chan he} on its outer edges-save at the breast or instep arch end, and 'the'other being perfectly flat save at the breast or insteparch endiwhich is turned to forma protecting flange; either'of which plates can be secured to the bottom face of the permanent heel of a boot, shoe or the like, and to the other can be aflixed the said wearing-piece; both plates slidingly engaging and dis-engaging theone' with the other, and having an internal locking'de'vice' in the form of complemental'indentations, automatic in action, one part each plate, allsubstantially as set forth,

2. A drilled tag constructed to form an" additional securing device for screwing "or otherwise fixing to the permanent fheel or" wearingpiece', such tag being formed by the vertical extension of part or the whole of-the protecting flange at the fro nt for the .insliding plate and flush with the "front of the" heel as in claim No. 1, and substantially as, described. v. 1

FRANCIS ALEXANDER aurcuison. 

